Looker

Version Supported: up to 22.x

Tool Permissions Prerequisites

Warning: Missing permissions could end up in broken lineages.

Dedicated API3 Credentials (Client ID and Client Secret) Looker API authentication  |  Google Cloud with the following permissions:

• • • access_data

    • see_looks

    • explore

    • see_sql

    • see_lookml

    • use_sql_runner

    • see_lookml_dashboards

    • see_looks

    • see_queries

    • see_datagroups

    • develop

  • We recommended creating a dedicated Permission Set and Role to associate with the credentials.

  • Supported API version 4.0 & up

How to set up the permissions

- Looker API authentication  |  Google Cloud

Setting up Looker Metadata Source

Metadata Sources are set on the Octopai Client (OC) 

How to verify the extracted Metadata File

Access the Octopai Target Folder (TGT)

1. Go to the TGT Folder located on the Server where the Octopai Client is installed.
   By default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Octopai\Service\TGT
2. Open the zip file having the Connector Name
   Example:
3. Verify its content
   Quantity & Quality of inner files

Troubleshoot

Error during the extraction:

• Check the permissions
• Send the log with the connector number and name to Octopai Support - C:\Program Files (x86)\Octopai\Service\log